location /app {
    alias /path/to/folder/lara/public/;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include ./fastcgi.conf;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
    }

    # block access to .htaccess files
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}